Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-26

He remembered nfterward that be had
thought that sometimes he had heard of such
things-things fully as unexpected and re-
markable as ttis--and be tried to bring BIN
self to hope that no chance resemblance had
deceived these usually astute men. Then he
thought: 81 will not allow myself to even
hope until am sure. 1t is impossible"
Il beg of you, NJ. Laroque. do not look so
frightened or unhappy. / assure you, on my
honor as a man, and as one who has uneon-
sciously wronged both You and that poor
Young lady lying within, that am not mis-
taken; that is your wife, beyond doubt. We
found body in the river, it is true, which
WAS supposed TO be hers, but the river, you
know, is quite far from here, and it is very
certain now that ii was that of some unfor-
tunate person not your wife Where she has
been all these years. how she has returned
and entered here, is more than | can tell, and
then, besides, her presence on that balcony
that strange cry We heard calling your name.
Why, can you not see? Do you not feelf'
'Alasf' said Roger, in a husky whisper, 81
have suffered so much that l dare not hope.
Let me be until there is no possibility of
mistake. Oh, let me see herr
"Wait-wait just one little minute till the
doctor comes But how is it that everything
is SO clean and in such perfect order here7
This house has been uninhabited ever since
your uncle took the little one away. She
may have been living here unknown to any
body oil this while"
mo, for when returned to this country
one of my first visits was to this place. and
the neglected air was too painful to me- so l
went as William Forney and leased both
these places, and had Mother Dondaine put
both houses in order, and if what YOU think
could possibly be true, shall be doubly glad
did son
During this conversation Pivolot was doing
all he could to restore the poor young woman
to consciousness, but without avail She
breathed, however, regularly though family,
and knowing nothing better to do he retired
from sight of her and stood waiting for Iris
tot to return
Tristot had found and sent the doctor post
haste, without saying who he was to find at
the supposed deserted house. When he
reached there and found the two magistrates
and the American he was surprised but when
he saw his patient his astonishment turned to
absolute fear, so that it was with difficulty
he could administer the needful remedies
| the strange man appeared horribly agitated,
and that he claSped his hands as he said in
| an entreating voice: Doctor, | pray you
tell me if you know herr
| "Who are you, and have you right to ask!'
He has, doctor" said NJ. Lacroix, 'and it
is our request that you tell him if you know"
very well, then. 1t is the lady whom we
have all believed dead these ten years, whose
supposed body saw and whose funeral
attended--in a word, Nine Henriette La
rogue"
| Are you positive-certain, without the
possibility Of doubt! Tell me true, doctor!7
"Of course l am Haven't | known her
ever since her childhood? Have l not at
tended her and her little girl in every illness
they hadl 1 only wonder how could have
been such a laundering donkey before"
Still Roger dared not hope. He could be-
lieve no one but himself and he had not seen
her. Besides, he thought, there Is but one
lamp, and by its feeble light they cannot see
clearly, and so the poor man tried to shut his
heart against hope, fearing disappointment
Just now Tristot was heard without. and
some enc with him, and he came up stairs
with Q triumphant air end handful OF
/
The person who was with him was not
Mother Dondaine, but the good and gentle
old Mime Dub ois lie had seen her hurrying
along tue street, peepiHg en>iously in every
direction, as if hunting for some one or some
thing.
.'Oh, SIR said she TO Tristot, "have you
seen young woman dressed in black pass by
here! She slipped out and l cannot find her.
She is just like e little child in her mind, sir;
one OF Gods own you know, a natural.
and l an so frightened l don't know what
vii! become OF her here She never wanted
to leave US at ell in the valley"
"Come with me. think I know some
thing Is she your daughters"
No; she just appeared at our house like
the saints and miracles, and for ten years she
has lived with u.s. and we loved her and
treated her as if she was our own. She was
all dressed in black, with her beautiful hair
all hanging in loose curls, and she had on one
slipper only.
| She never tod US who she was or where she
came from, and il we asked her anything she
always said: I know nothing about it. and
never saw anything and that was all"
Tristot was satisfied now, and in a few mo
ments the old lacy was by the poor Young
wjfe's side, but her efforts. like the doctors
did not seem 10 arouse her. Still. the doctor
said, she was in no immediate danger. and
seemed more in a lethargic slumber than q
faint, and he questioned the old woman, who
repeated her simple story. which convinced
all who heard 1t of Henrette,s identity.
When Roger heard this story he was 81
overcome with joy and with the reaction OF
all the emotions through which he had passed
during the last few weeks, that he was abso
lutely unable to sustain himself The
doctor said:
well, Roger though 1t seems like reading
Inc widest romance 70 discover that you are
alive and here, and to know all that has
passed, must believe II all, strange as 1t Is
now nave TINS 10 say ana nope you vii
ohey me l WISH 10 give you Sleeping
poSloh ana ie' you Se1 rest Whlch you
greatly need As To poor Herllette, You
may go in and see her, Just to satisfy your
self, but you must not let yourself be seen.
1t Is now certain that tins poor chilli has beer
demented all these years, MS the result
OF the dreadful shock she experienced
IL Is possible, ana even probable
that TINS new shock on TINS poor cmida BRAN
and nervous sensibiiIties may restore her rea-
son, repeating itself, so to speak, in such a
manner as to call her shaken faculties TO life
by the very thing which did her the first evil.
had telegraphed from a way station for Ray
mond to meet him, and he found the young
man there with face pale and careworn,
| upon which was an expression of mingled